An Afrikaner lobby radical is holding a vigil connected Saturday with thousands of achromatic crosses connected Washington's National Mall to commemorate what it says are victims of "farm attacks".
Claims of genocide against achromatic South Africans person been discredited by each governmental enactment successful the country, including by those representing Afrikaners.
"I'm an Afrikaner from South Africa myself," Ambassador Meyer said, "and I tin accidental that I've ne'er experienced thing of that kind."
Meyer said helium would similar to person a speech with Trump astir the world of the situation, saying that arsenic a "born Afrikaner", helium has the "legitimacy" to talk astir the subject.
The ambassador helped negociate an extremity to apartheid connected behalf of the National Party, which was liable for it, with now-president Cyril Ramaphosa besides a cardinal negotiator for the African National Congress party.
He said the "trust" betwixt the 2 men was 1 crushed President Ramaphosa appointed him to assistance mend US-South Africa relations, arsenic good arsenic "the information helium besides saw the worth of maine being an Afrikaner".
"But I'm not present to correspond the Afrikaner only," Meyer says.
Last week, the Trump medication announced visa restrictions for those South Africans who it said were liable for "race-based discrimination" against achromatic people. It besides warned of further punitive actions if South African leaders did not code the issue.
Police information shows the bulk of victims of transgression successful South Africa, including connected farms, are black. Farm violence, often motivated by robberies, is an contented but represents a smaller fig of homicides successful the country.
While nary person disputes that transgression is simply a occupation successful South Africa, galore experts accidental this does not suffice arsenic "persecution".
Larry Bartlett, the erstwhile manager of the US Refugee Assistance Programme, said it could adjacent beryllium "unlawful" to due a programme defined successful instrumentality for radical who "really person nary accidental to spell home".
He said achromatic radical who were improbable to suffice arsenic exile successful instrumentality were taking scarce opportunities meant for those fleeing warfare oregon taste cleansing.
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